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PARIS, (Reuters) – Formula One driver Robert Kubica  will be out for at least two months after his horror crash in a  rally and doctors’ predictions he could take a year to recover  are overly cautious, Renault’s team boss said yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson won the Allan  Border Medal as the outstanding Australian cricketer of the  season for the second year in a row yesterday.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – Angry fans waved banners and  shouted slogans on Monday as an International Cricket Council  (ICC) inspection team assessed whether Eden Gardens could host  three World Cup games after losing a marquee match to Bangalore.

NAIN, Jamaica, CMC – Gifted batsman Marlon Samuels re-launched his career with a monumental, unbeaten double century that put Jamaica in command of their first round match of the Regional First Class Championship against Guyana here yesterday.

Discipline proved to be a crucial factor for Junior Sportsman-of-the-Year, Chavez Ageday when he won the 100 metres boys under-20 race which had five false starts at the Eve Leary ground yesterday.

The Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) in collaboration with the Region 6 Mashramani Committee will be tipping off a Mashramani Basketball competition today in Berbice.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Twenty-year-old opener Kieran Powell stroked his maiden first class century but it failed to prevent Leeward Islands from an innings defeat at the hands of England Lions here yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Robert Kubica’s Formula One career  hung in the balance yesterday after a high-speed crash in a  minor rally in Italy left the Renault driver fighting to save  the use of his right hand.

BOSTON, Reuters) – Point guard Rajon Rondo, the  NBA’s assist leader, turned into a scorer yesterday and paced the  Boston Celtics to a 91-80 triumph over their Eastern Conference  rivals, the Orlando Magic.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Combined Campuses & Colleges’ spinners, led by Nkrumah Bonner, bowled their side to a 33-run, come-from-behind victory over Windward Islands in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

POINTE-A-PIERRE, Trinidad, CMC – Consistent batting down the order led by Denesh Ramdin, Runako Morton, and Rayad Emrit put Trinidad & Tobago on the brink of first innings points against Barbados in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

Former Guyana and West Indies leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo took two wickets but his efforts were not enough to lead Moosai Sports to victory over Clico Preysal in the Sunday League limited overs series on Saturday in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T).

International Tennis Feder-ation (ITF) Development Officer for the English speaking Caribbean, Anthony Jeremiah has lamented the state of Guyana’s lawn tennis facilities especially in light of the talent he is seeing on his visit.

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – All-Stars Kobe Bryant and Pau  Gasol combined to score 66 points and lead the twice defending  NBA champions Los Angeles Lakers to a 101-95 win against the New  Orleans Hornets on Saturday.

CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers  plunged new depths when they set an NBA record for the most  consecutive losses in a single season at 24 after losing  111-105 to the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday.

DOHA, (Reuters) – The bans given to Pakistan trio  Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir for spot-fixing  “will act as a strong deterrent” to others from corrupting the  sport, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – New Zealand head to the World Cup having capped their one-day series loss to Pakistan with a face-saving victory, but face an uphill battle to repeat punch-above-their-weight heroics of past editions of the  tournament.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova replaced  Maria Sharapova on Sunday and led Russia to the semi-finals of  the Fed Cup with a dramatic 3-2 comeback win over France.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka eased to a 26-run  victory in the third one-dayer against West Indies to wrap up  the series 2-0 yesterday.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Australia paceman Mitchell Johnson  again found the WACA a happy hunting ground as he inspired the  hosts to a 57-run victory and a 6-1 series hammering of England  in the seventh and final one-day international yesterday.